Family News

Fri Jul 3, 2009 9:49am EDT -From Google Images . NEW YORK - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the campers not to share canned sodas.

Police have named the three teenagers killed in an overnight crash in Invercargill.

Authorities say a Treasure Coast woman was drunk when she crashed a sport utility vehicle and caused injuries for five children inside.

This is probably not the best week to air any reservations about the American passion for independence.

Finally, something that intimidates President Barack Obama: a bunch of tween girls.

Colombian pop star Shakira says after her latest album is born she plans to undertake a new labor: multiple children.

Originally published July 2, 2009 at 8:35 a.m., updated July 2, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. SEALY, Texas a ' A Southeast Texas couple was in jail Thursday after authorities found a half dozen children locked and unsupervised in tool shed behind an unlicensed daycare center.

Police say a group of Connecticut teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and stopped what they thought was an assault by beating the woman's companion.

Police say there are multiple reports of shots fired near a Detroit school two days after seven teenagers were shot and wounded as they waited for a public bus.

The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.

Mourning the loss of a loved one can be one of life's most difficult tasks for adults, but for children it is even harder.

The search to identify children who were seen playing with a rabid bat on the Fort Myers Beach pier has expanded to include a young girl.

Back to School: 2009-2010 Back to School is a time that many children eagerly anticipate.

Remember how terrific the original Ice Age movie was? That was then. This is now.

While I'm away, readers give the advice. On ambivalence about parenthood: I have an odd but maybe useful perspective.

Former Tiswas host Chris Tarrant is making a return to children's entertainment with a new TV show.

Father's Day has come and gone, and with it the annual flurry of dad-friendly gifts, heartwarming newscasts and the highest-ranking father in the land - President Barack Obama - taking time to urge his fellow fathers to step up when it comes to their kids.

Tue, Jun 30, 2009 Suspended NFL Star Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work with youngsters at Boys & Girls Clubs.

Police say at least seven teenagers have been shot near a high school in Detroit and two are in critical condition.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Though most states have child abuse laws allowing religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, recent cases have raised the thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.